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  CWI

  World perspectives – New era of turmoil and upheaval not witnessed for generations

  July 16, 2022 CWI International Secretariat statement

  The following statement by the International Secretariat (IS) of the Committee for a Workers International (CWI), looks at the main trends in the world today – economic, political, environmental, geopolitical and class relations – as [...]

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  Britain

  Britain: 150,000 attend Durham Miners’ Gala

  July 15, 2022 Neil Dunne, Liverpool Socialist Party

  The annual Gala has been a feature in Durham almost every year since 1871 – a chance to witness union organisations march for a celebration of workers’ pride. Labour leader Keir Starmer didn’t speak. A [...]

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  Japan

  Shock waves from assassination of Abe Shinzo resonate across world

  July 14, 2022 Karl Simmons, CWI Japan

  The shock waves from the assassination of Abe Shinzo are still resonating across the globe. Members of the political class, both from the most liberal to the most conservative, are singing eulogies to the career [...]

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  Sri Lanka

  Sri Lanka: Reject the interim government – for a government of the workers and poor

  July 13, 2022 TU Senan, CWI

  Tens of thousands gathered in Sri Lanka again today to make sure that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally resigned and was gone. With the help of the military, the president was reported to have fled the [...]

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  Finland

  Finland’s NATO membership: A price in blood and treasure

  July 13, 2022 Edmund Schluessel, CWI in Finland

  Just a day after polls showed that Finland’s public, resigned to but unenthusiastic about NATO membership, overwhelmingly rejected any concessions to Turkey as the price of joining, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö announced an agreement making [...]